Foxy and more

Since I have a few hours between Monday Murals and T Tuesday, I'm once again joining Jo at Let's Art Journal who is our host this month at Art Journal Journey with her theme Texture.

It's obvious I named this Foxy.

This is what happens when you don't use your full spectrum light to make sure the colors are consistent.  The red definitely feels out of place and looks a bit jarring.

A candy wrapper gave the added sparkle I was looking for.  Everything was sewn in place

with the exception of the piece of fox filled napkin 

that I adhered using a glue stick.

I like this quote.  Yes, we need to get it right.

A few more step out photos

detail my wonky, wobbly sewing.

For this page, I started with a piece of brown and beige paper bag, to which I sewed everything except the napkin.  Some of the pieces, including the bag, were recycled, while some had been gifted to me.  When the assembly was complete, I added it to my Challenges altered book on a page I had textured using green house paint and several colors of fabric paint.

But that's not all.

Sandie is the current host at Tag Tuesday.  She has chosen Book Print as the theme this fortnight.

I covered my tag with every kind of book print I could find.

I even found the sentiment in a book.

I found the focal image in a travel book.

I love seeing the different fonts.

For this tag, I started with a used file folder I cut to size.  I then added as many different book pages as I could find.  Since I've used so much German text recently, I chose to use something different this time.  I only wish I'd gotten a better photo of the tag, but time was of the essence.  For the words, I outlined them using black dye ink.  Everything was glued in place using a glue stick.  The hole reinforcer was added after everything was in place and the hole had been punched.

I appreciate you stopping by to visit today.  Please also join Bleubeard and me at Art Journal Journey with your own art inspired by Texture and Tag Tuesday with your own Book Print tag.